Skills to Succeed - Work for Young People

Objective

OMV and Hilfswerk International established the OMV-Training-Centre, a local training centre that builds the skills and improves the qualifications of workers and young graduates. The Centre’s aim was to improve the people’s employability and the region’s economic development. Since the governorate’s network of schools and vocational training centres is not able to meet the demands of the local job market, this Centre improved the standard of education as well as the labour conditions in Tataouine by providing effective and well managed training programmes tailored to actual market needs.

Activities

Implementation of professional trainings and examinations in the fields of e.g. English, IT, Entrepreneurship, Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, Electrical and Mechanical

Acquisition and transfer of jobs in the mentioned job areas

Awareness raising activities targeting the local population in order to introduce the Training Centre as an innovative educational institution in the region

Grants for local initiatives in the fields of tourism, handicrafts, packaging and agriculture

Establishing and maintenance of a professional network for society, companies and civil society

Target Group

444 persons through employment creation

217 persons through professional technical training (VET)

1286 persons through soft skills and entrepreneurship training

Region

Tataouine is the southernmost of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia